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US air travel more than doubled since 1990 and has recovered past its COVID collapse

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US air travel more than doubled since 1990 and has recovered past its COVID collapse
Passengers by quarter in the airlines' traffic reports to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (T-100), 1990 Q1 to 2025 Q3, with a rolling average and one nowcast quarter from airport security counts (TSA)
Data through 2025 Q3
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US passengers each quarter across three and a half decades. The site's US demand models try to explain this series.

What this shows: The chart covers 1990 Q1 to 2025 Q4. It plots Passengers, 4-quarter rolling average and TSA nowcast on a vertical axis of Passengers (millions, quarterly). Latest values: Passengers 288.9; 4-quarter rolling average 275. Projected to 2025 Q4: TSA nowcast 279.3. Observed data run through 2025 Q3; the chart extends to 2025 Q4 with nowcast values.

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